Southern-Trails-L Archives

Archiver > Southern-Trails > 2000-02 > 0951271134


From: Frank Fuller< >
Subject: Unidentified subject!
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:58:54 -0800 (PST)


Many thanks to all you responded for imfo on the Shannons. I remember my
grandfather Shannon so well. He grew up in the 1860s when Texas had a
booming cattle industry and he hustled cattle up the trail
to Kansas. I used to sit with him inthe 1930s in Alamo Plaza across
from the Alamo. Nearby was Joske Bros'. with a great sign on its roof
made of lights showing a cowboy on horseback chasing and roping a steer.
Grandpa was close to 80s and loved that sign because it seem to represnt
his youth in the early days of Texas. A few years ago I went to San
Antonio. Joskes had taken down the sign down and had it in the basement
. it made me very sad. Frank.

This thread: